Teklegiorgis Assefa (PhD)Tewodros Sebsibe2026-11-062026-11-062026-08https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/9315The purpose of this study was to initially identify and subsequently establish a model for evaluating the impact of critical success factors in public-private partnership housing projects. The success of public- private partnerships in housing projects can be evaluated in terms of good governance, effective legal structures, affordability, and quality of the housing environment which are measured through timely completion, cost control, and stakeholder satisfaction. The objective of this study is to evaluate the critical success factors for public-private partnership housing projects in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. A research approach is mixed which involves both quantitative and qualitative and exploratory factor analysis and fuzzy analytic hierarchy process models for assessing the factors impacting the successfulness of public-private partnerships in housing projects. A review of empirical literature came out with 25 critical success factors which were ranked by experts and industry practitioners through semi-structured interviews, questionnaire surveys, and pair-wise comparison. Purposive and simple random sampling was used as an approach that selected participants based on their knowledge, experience, and specific role in public-private partnership housing VII projects. These critical success factors were grouped using exploratory factor analysis, and they served as the input variables for fuzzy analytic hierarchy process analysis. The six components were a political factor, social factor, economic factor, environmental factor, administrational factor, and technology factor. The value of the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process model developed can serve as a multi-dimensional critical success factors framework that can be used as a success attainment tool for public-private partnership housing projects. For policy developers and stakeholders, the model serves as a pointer to issues that the government/public sector must focus on to attract huge investments from the private sector in the housing sector.en-USPublic-private partnershipCritical success factorFuzzy AHPFactor analysisHousing projectThesis